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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 09:05, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
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Laura Bergt
Bergt rubbing noses with Agnew, 1971
- ... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo kissing Spiro Agnew? Source: P 93 "In early 1971, at the National Congress of American Indians convention in Kansas City, Fairbanks Eskimo Laura Bergt taught Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew how to kiss Eskimo-Style. This caused one Native leader to jest that each of the kisses was worth a million acres – a reference to the then pending land claims fight." p 2 last 2 columns "Southeast-Alaska Native leader Roger Lang said Alaska Natives gained 10-million acres each time she rubbed noses in the land claims effort."
Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk), ARoseWolf (talk), Ipigott (talk), and GRuban (talk). Nominated by SusunW (talk) at 14:49, 31 December 2022 (UTC).
good work. Correct inline citations and interesting hook which checks out. The only small issue I have is that the hook is much clearer than the sentence in the article. I suggest in the article that you use a quote. Borbridge, watching her, remarked that, "each one of those kisses was worth a million acres". Just a suggestion. The image is clear enough and PD. The article is neutral is is long enough an new enough. Bruxton (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the review Bruxton, I've made the change per your suggestion. I'd really, really, really like the article to have the photo slot. GRuban worked really hard to get me that photo! SusunW (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Understood, Gruban is a resident expert on the Hirtle chart. It will be up to the prep set builder. Bruxton (talk) 16:55, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the review Bruxton, I've made the change per your suggestion. I'd really, really, really like the article to have the photo slot. GRuban worked really hard to get me that photo! SusunW (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)